Scottish actor Brian Cox has appeared in various films and television series such as Manhunter (1986), Rob Roy and Braveheart (both 1995), The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996), Nuremberg (2000), Super Troopers (2001), The Bourne Identity, The Ring and Adaptation (all 2002), X2 (2003), Troy (2004), Red Eye (2005), Deadwood (2006), Zodiac (2007), Red (2008), Red (2010), Coriolanus and Rise of the Planet of the Apes (both 2011), Red 2 (2013), Succession (2018–2023), Good Omens (2019), and Last Moment of Clarity (2020).
He has also appeared in various theatre productions such as The Music Man (1994), St. Nicholas (1999), Dublin Carol (2000), Uncle Varick (2004), Rock 'n' Roll (2006–2008) That Championship Season (2011), and The Weir (2014).
Film Year Title Role(s) Note 1971 Nicholas and Alexandra Leon Trotsky 1975 In Celebration Steven Shaw 1986 Manhunter Dr. Hannibal Lecktor 1990 Hidden Agenda Peter Kerrigan 1993 The Eye of Vichy Narrator Documentary film 1994 Iron Will Angus McTeague Prince of Jutland Æthelwine of Lindsey 1995 Rob Roy Killearn Braveheart Argyle Wallace 1996 Chain Reaction Lyman Earl Collier The Glimmer Man Mr. Smith The Long Kiss Goodnight Dr. Nathan Waldman 1997 Kiss the Girls Chief Hatfield The Boxer Joe Hamill Food for Ravens Aneurin Bevan Profile drama 1998 Desperate Measures Captain Jeremiah Cassidy Rushmore Dr. Nelson Guggenheim The Minus Man Doug Durwin The Corruptor Sean Wallace For Love of the Game Gary Wheeler 2000 Complicity Inspector McDunn Mad About Mambo Sidney McLoughlin A Shot at Glory Martin Smith Saltwater George Beneventi 2001 Super Troopers Captain John O'Hagen L.I.E. Big John Harrigan Strictly Sinatra Chisolm The Affair of the Necklace Minister Baron de Breteuil 2002 Bug Cyr The Rookie Jim Morris Sr. The Bourne Identity Ward Abbott The Ring Richard Morgan Adaptation. Robert McKee 25th Hour James Brogan The Trials of Henry Kissinger Narrator Documentary film 2003 X2 William Stryker Sin Captain Oakes 2004 The Reckoning Tobias Troy Agamemnon The Bourne Supremacy Ward Abbott Get the Picture Harry Sondheim Short film 2005 Match Point Alec Hewett Red Eye Joe Reisert The Ringer Gary Barker 2006 A Woman in Winter Dr. Hunt The Flying Scotsman Douglas Baxter Running with Scissors Dr. Finch 2007 Zodiac Melvin Belli Battle for Terra General Hemmer (voice) A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information. The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep Angus MacMorrow (older) Trick 'r Treat Mr. Kreeg Shoot on Sight Daniel Tennant 2008 Red Avery Ludlow The Escapist Frank Perry Also an executive producer Agent Crush Spanners (voice) 2009 Scooby-Doo! and the Samurai Sword Green Dragon (voice) Direct-to-DVD film Tell-Tale Detective Van Doren Fantastic Mr. Fox Dan Peabody (voice) The Good Heart Jacques 2010 Wide Blue Yonder Wally Also released as All At Sea Red Ivan Simanov As Good as Dead Reverend Kalahan 2011 Coriolanus Menenius Agrippa Ironclad William d'Aubigny The Veteran Gerry Rise of the Planet of the Apes John Landon Citizen Gangster Glover Boyd Exit Humanity Malcolm Young (voice) The Revelation of the Pyramids Narrator Documentary film 2012 The Campaign Raymond Huggins My City The Journalist Short film Blood Lanny Fairburn 2013 Red 2 Ivan Simanov Blumenthal Harold https://www.blumenthalmovie.com/ Mindscape Sebastian Her Alan Watts (voice) Believe Sir Matt Busby 2014 The Anomaly Dr. Langham 2015 Pixels Admiral Porter Forsaken James McCurdy Killing Thyme Norman Short film 2016 Morgan Jim Bryce The Carer Sir Michael Gifford The Autopsy of Jane Doe Tommy Tilden 2017 Bob the Builder: Mega Machines Conrad and Crunch (voices) Churchill Winston Churchill Kubrick By Candlelight Narrator Short film 2018 Super Troopers 2 Captain John O'Hagan The Etruscan Smile Rory MacNeil Also released under the title Rory's Way Pretenders Henry 2019 Remember Me Shane Strange but True Bill Erwin The Last Right Father Reilly 2020 John Rebus: The Lockdown Blues John Rebus Short film Last Moment of Clarity Gilles The Bay of Silence Milton 2021 Separation Paul Rivers 2022 Prisoner's Daughter Max Mending the Line Ike Fletcher Also an executive producer The Independent Nick Booker 2024 Little Wing Jaan That Christmas Santa Claus (voice) The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim Helm Hammerhand (voice) 2025 The Electric State Popfly (voice) The Parenting Frank Glenrothan Sandy Also a director and a producer 2026 Super Troopers 3 Captain John O'Hagan Post-production
Television Television series
+ Year Title Role Notes 1968 Theatre 625 Lasar Opie Episode: "The Year of the Sex Olympics" 1970 Manhunt Anton Episode: "Degrade and Rule" 1978 The Devil's Crown Henry II of England 7 episodes Out Tony McGrath 3 episodes 1980 Thérèse Raquin Laurent LeClaire Hammer House of Horror Chuck Spillers Episode: "The Silent Scream" 1982 Minder Frank McFadden Episode: "In" 1983 Jemima Shore Investigates Hamish McFaul Episode: "A Chamber of Horrors" 1990 Perfect Scoundrels Father Amedy Episode: "The Milk of Human Kindness" 1992 Van der Valk Stefan Szabo Episode: "The Ties That Bind" The Big Battalions Edward Hoyland 5 episodes 1993 Inspector Morse Michael Steppings Episode: "Deadly Slumber" 1994 Grushko Colonel Grushko 3 episodes 1997 Red Dwarf The King Episode: "Stoke Me a Clipper" Superman: The Animated Series Earl Garver (voice) Episode: "Two's a Crowd" 2000 Nuremberg Hermann Göring 2 episodes 2002 Frasier Harry Moon 2004 French and Saunders King Lear 1 episode 2005 Danny Phantom Pariah Dark (voice) Episode: "Reign Storm" 2006 Deadwood Jack Langrishe 9 episodes 2009 Kings King Vesper Abedon 3 episodes The Take Ozzy 4 episodes The Day of the Triffids Dennis Masen Episode: "Part Two" 2010 Agatha Christie's Marple Lewis Serrocold Episode: "They Do It With Mirrors" Doctor Who Ood Elder (voice) Episode: "The End of Time" The Big C Donald Tolkey Episode: "Two for the Road" 2012 The Straits Harry Montebello 10 episodes A Touch of Cloth Bill Ball Episode: "The First Case: Part Two" 2013 Bob Servant Independent Bob Servant 6 episodes Tooned Performer (voice) Episode: "The Grand Finale" 2014 The Game 'Daddy' 6 episodes Shetland Magnus Bain 2 episodes Bob Servant Bob Servant 3 episodes After Braveheart Narrator (voice) 2 episodes 2015 The Slap Manolis Apostolou 7 episodes 2016 Penny Dreadful Jared Talbot 2 episodes War & Peace Mikhail Kutuzov 4 episodes Medici: Masters of Florence Bernardo Guadagni 8 episodes 2017 Urban Myths Marlon Brando Episode: "Elizabeth, Michael and Marlon" 2018–2023 Succession Logan Roy 34 episodes 2019 Good Omens Death (voice) 3 episodes 2021 The Simpsons Kostas Becker (voice) Episode: "A Serious Flanders" 2021–2022 Blade Runner: Black Lotus Niander Wallace Sr. (voice) 5 episodes 2022 Last Week Tonight with John Oliver God Episode: "Aridification of the Western U.S." 2023Aqua Teen Hunger ForceAnubis (voice)Episode: "Anubis" 2023–present 007: Road to a Million The Controller 16 episodes Don Framt/The New York RipperMain role (season 2)
Television films
+ Year Title RoleNotes 1983 King Lear Duke of Burgundy 1984 Pope John Paul II Father Gora 1985 Florence Nightingale Dr. McGregor 1990 Secret Weapon Andrew Neil 1991 The Lost Language of Cranes Owen Benjamin Red Fox Geoffrey Harrison 1992 The Cloning of Joanna May Carl May 1993 Sharpe's Rifles Major Michael Hogan Sharpe's Eagle 2000 Longitude Lord Morton 2005 Blue/Orange Dr. Robert Smith 2008 The Colour of Magic Narrator 2010 On Expenses Michael Martin MP 2011 The Sinking of the Laconia Captain Rudolph Sharp 2013 An Adventure in Space and Time Sydney Newman
Theatre + Year Title Role Venue1967 As You Like It Orlando Vaudeville Theatre, London1969 In Celebration Steven Shaw Royal Court Theatre, London1970–1971 Don’t Start Without Me Norman Garrick Theatre, LondonHarrogate Theatre, North Yorkshire1971–1972 Getting On Brian Lowther Theatre Royal, Brighton1973 Cromwell Proctor Royal Court Theatre, London Hedda Gabler Eilert Lövborg1976 The Émigrés XX Royal National Theatre, London1976–1977 Tamburlaine Theridamas 1977 Julius Caesar Marcus Brutus 1978 The Putney Debates Henry Ireton 1978–1979 Herod Herod 1980 The Summer Party Kramer Crucible Theatre, Sheffield1981 Babel Goatman Donmar Warehouse, London1982–1984 Danton's Death Georges Danton Royal National Theatre, London1985 Strange Interlude Edmund Darrell Nederlander Theatre, Broadway Rat in the Skull Nelson The Public Theater, Off-Broadway1986 The Danton Affair Danton Barbican Centre, London Misalliance John Tarleton 1986–1987 A Penny for a Song Sir Timothy Bellboys 1987–1988 Fashion Paul Cash The Other Place, Stratford-upon-AvonThe Pit, London Titus Andronicus Titus Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-AvonPeople's Theatre, Newcastle upon TyneBarbican Centre, London The Taming of the Shrew Petruchio Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-AvonTheatre Royal, New CastleBarbican Centre, London1988 Three Sisters Lt. Col. Vershinin Barbican Centre, London1989 Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune Johnny Comedy Theatre, London1990 King Lear Lear Royal National Theatre, London Richard III Duke of Buckingham 1994 The Music Man Prof. Harold Hill Regent's Park Open Air Theatre, London1997–1998 St. Nicholas The Critic Bush Theatre, London45th Street Theatre, Broadway1998 Art Marc Royale Theatre, Broadway1999 St. Nicholas The Critic Matrix Theatre, California2000 Dublin Carol John Plunkett Royal Court Theatre, London2004 Uncle Varick Varick Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh2006–2008 Rock 'n' Roll Max Royal Court Theatre, LondonBernard B. Jacobs Theatre, Broadway2011 That Championship Season Coach Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre, Broadway2014 The Weir Jack Donmar Warehouse, London2019 The Great Society Lyndon B. Johnson Vivian Beaumont Theatre, Broadway2023 The Score Johann Sebastian Bach Theatre Royal Bath, Bath2024 Long Day's Journey Into Night James Tyrone Wyndham's Theatre, London2025 Make It Happen Adam Smith Dundee Rep Theatre, Dundee Festival Theatre, Edinburgh
Video games + Year Title Voice role 2003 Manhunt Director Lionel Starkweather Vexx Dark Yabu, Darby 2004 Killzone Scolar Visari 2009 Killzone 2 2011 Killzone 3 2012 SyndicateJack Denham 2024 Tekken 8 Trailer Narration
Audio + Year Title Role Author 1999–present McLevy Inspector James McLevy David Ashton 2020 From Now Hunter Fitz Rhys Wakefield 2021 The Sandman: Act II Augustus Neil Gaiman, Dirk Maggs
See also List of awards and nominations received by Brian Cox
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